The Utilities page appears in all apps. It is accessible by clicking the Utilities button on the Menu page of all apps. The functionality of this page includes zoom in and out, some recovery options and tools to manage the different windows on the screen. This page is a very important “troubleshooting” resource.
In some cases Join-In allows direct selection from the browser area. For example – selecting a YouTube video, selecting a post to view on Instagram, selecting a contact in WhatsApp etc.
To enable direct selection, click the Select button. Selectable items on the screen will become highlighted. Note that if the table includes arrows, the arrows are always selectable.
There are two buttons that can be used to go to Communicator 5 Home Page – Close and Exit (the big button) and Exit Only (the small button).
Join-In default Page set Settings is “Dwell”. To change the dwell parameters –
Note: the values you define here will apply to all the direct selection areas in all Join-In apps. It will not affect the accessibility parameters on the Communicator 5 pages.
Arrows will appear on all the pages where you are required to select an item from the browser area (direct selection) and will allow you to navigate to the desired item and select it.
Changes made to the Accessibility Settings affect the way you select items directly from the browser area (direct selection, for example – when selecting a YouTube video). It does not affect the way you select from the Communicator 5 pages of the Join-In apps.
Changes made to the Page Set Settings affect the way you select items directly from the browser area (direct selection, for example – when selecting a YouTube video). It does not affect the way you select from the Communicator 5 pages of the Join-In apps.
In most of the apps you can have Communicator 5 read the content for you (automatically or manually) and you can control the font size.